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Objects of Intrigue: Chopin's Immortal Hands

Allison Meier June 11, 2014

The (Really) Great Gig in the Sky

Elizabeth Harper May 19, 2014

Stolen Brains and Last Breaths: 6 Relics of Science

Dolly Stolze April 28, 2014

Hand of Glory: The Macabre Magic of Severed Hands

Dolly Stolze April 7, 2014

Some of the Relic Collection

Buffalo, New York

The Relic Collection at St. John Gualbert's Church

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

Shwedagon Pagoda

Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)

Shwedagon Pagoda

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope's Corpse Was Put on Trial

Elizabeth Harper March 3, 2014

At the Center of Russian Buddhism, a Festival Reveals an Undead Lama

Zand Martin February 27, 2014

Sarira: Buddhist Human Pearls

Kevin Lo February 11, 2014

Curious Fact of the Week: Saint Valentine, Patron Saint of Lovers, Bee Keepers, Plague, and Epilepsy

Allison Meier February 10, 2014

Revealing the Hidden History of Paris Through Its Bits and Pieces of Saints

Elizabeth Harper December 31, 2013

St. Anthony's 800-Year-Old Tongue is Touring NYC

Megan Roberts December 11, 2013

The Skull and Bones of Mary Magdalene

Bridget Samantha November 27, 2013

The jaw and tongue reliquaries

St. Anthony's Tongue

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

Elizabeth Harper October 15, 2013

The Head of St. John the Baptist in 2001.

The Head of St. John the Baptist at Amiens Cathedral

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

The Cantwell Fada.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Cantwell Fada

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

The Relics of St. Helena

The Relic Crypt of St. Helena at Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.